The Delta independent., 1887-04-05
STATE NEWS.

W. Scott Lee for Mayor.
Over 45O, 900 acres of land have been
filed upon at Lamar SO far this year.
About 200 locations have been made
at the new gold mining camp of Manhattan
in Larimer County.
Joel F. Love has been appointed
postmaster at Colorado Springs in place Of
Mr.. Price, removed.
The military-post site has been loca-
ted seven and one-half miles south Of Den
yer, on Bear Creek.
A million-dollar hotel is to be erected
in Denver near the corner Of Seventeenth
street and Broadway.
A Building and improvement COM
pany with capital Of s25o, 900, has been or
ganized In Leadville.
The new fast mail train will bring
the mails from st. Louis to Denver IL hours
earlier than under the old arrangement
The military reservations at Fort
Sedgwisk, Fort Lyon and Pagosa Springs
are TO be surveyed and thrown open to set
tiers.
1t is positively announced that work
on the Denver, Texas & Gulf extension viii
be commenced by the 18th of the present
month.
Work has commenced on the extern
sion Of the Santa Fe north from Pueblo and
the grade to Colorado Springs is to be COM
pleted In sixty days.
The bond Of James F. Benedict, Of
Greeley, the new Collector of Internal Rev.
enue. will probably be filed in the Treasury
Department and accepted about April Is.
Governor Adams vetoed the bill for
State bridge at Glenwood Springs and also
the bills creating experimental agricultural
stations In San Luis Valley and on the Di-
vide.
Twelve thousand five hundred PAM
phlets on Montrose county and its products
are being scattered throughout the East by
the Denver d Rio Grande Railway Com
pany.
Last January real estate transactions
In Denver amounted to q, 500, 900, in Febru-
ary TO ., 500 600, and in March to q. s0c, 600,
and 1t is believed the boom has Just COM
menced.
The Governor has appointed F. P.
Ernest Of Arapahoe ounty, Garrett Lang
ford Of Pueblo county and William wyler
Of Fl Paso county, as members Of the State
Veterinary and Sanitary Board.
Four members Of the Denver Bicycle
Club recently rode their tall wheels from
Denver to Greeley and back again the same
day. .::a distance Of ia miles, starting At 40
a. m. and getting home at8:io p. m.
Albert p. Rittenhouse, Of Greeley.
has been appointed by Governor Adams
Judge Of the Eighth judicial District
This district embraces the counties Of Boul
der, Larimer, Weld, Logan ard Washing
ton.
Two medical students graduated at
the University of Denver this Spring, Mr..
]. J. Clifford and Mrs. +. NJ. Lawney. The
Rev. DIR. Moore presented the diplomas and
is said 10 have added, "And II you don't
succeed may God have mercy on your
souls"
Tho Glenarm Reading Club. Denver.
most popular literary society, closed the
season with over six hundred dollars in its
treasury, part of which II donated to the
free library and a part to the school for
ncwsboys. Rev. Myron W. Reed was re-
elected president
The President has appointed James
r. Benedict to be Collector of Internal Rev.
enue for the District Of Colorado and wyo.
ming Territory, vice James s. Wolfe, re-
moved. Mr. Benedict was the Democratic
candidate for Treasurer Of Colorado last
year. He lives In Greeley.
The new rate-sheets of roads run
ming into Denver have been issued, show
ing but slight changes. A change In classi-
AcatioAs has been made which raises the
rates on some articles while lowering the
tariff on others. On goods from the West
the rates have been raised fraction.
The Colorado Midland Railway COM
pany now have eight consolidated engines
At Colorado Springs, and four construction
trains are running regularly. The four
trains are kept busy in transferring iron and
ties from the yards at Colorado City to the
end OF the track, which is now about 50
miles out Of Colorado Springs in the direc-
tion Of Leadville.
The building at Colorado Springs
which has for some time been occupied by
the Cottage Home Association for Prodigal
Women has been offered for sale. and the
ladies' who have this work in charge are
very anxious to buy It. For this purpose
5000 Is required at once. II this is not
raised within the next thirty days they will
be obliged to remove, and this will involve
considerable expense besides endangering
the lives Of at least two Of the inmates. No
charity In the State appeals more strongly
than this to the sympathy Of Christian pe0-
pie. Mrs. Catherine w. Beach, 2l9 Fifth
avenue, Denver. has charge Of the work
and contributions should be sent to her.
The site selected by General Sheri-
dan for the Denver Military post, is 500
acres in section Q, township 8, range %
west, and eighty acres In the adjoining SEC
ton, partly In Arapahoe and Jefferson
counties, known rs Johnson's tract, and
seven and one-half miles south Of
Denver, on Bear creek. The four quarters
Of section 0 are owned by Spotswood. j. NJ.
Strickler, e. 8. johnson and Mary X. Vol
den. The Gelghty acres In the adjoining
section Is the property Of Henry worming-